Peanut-planting attachment.



M. T. WRIGHT.

PEANUT PLANTING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25.1915.

Patented June 11, 1918.

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To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, MnLvIN T. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boyd, in the county of Wise andState of Texas, have invented certain useful Improvements in Peanut-Planting Attach ments, of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto companying drawing. p

Thisinvention relatesto improvements in peanut planting attachments, one object of the invention being the provision of an attachment of this character which may be the acconnected to acorn or cotton planter and by j means of which peanuts maybe planted at any desired distance apart.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a simple, durable and inexpen sive device of this character which may be F 3 is a top plan view of the hopper with the attachment.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation and partial section of the attachment as ,mounted in a hopper. 1

Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 aredetail views.

Referring to-the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the hopper of a corn or cotton planter, the same being indicative of any form or construction of such planters.

The present attachment 11 comprises the inclined casing 37, the lower end 36 of whichhas journaled therein the shaft 14. Vertically adjustable sectional arms are now provided and consist of sections 15 and 16, the upper sections being provided in their upper ends with openings while the lower ends are provided with small openings 17 Bolts 17 engage the openings 17 and operate in the slots 16 in the section 16, in turn being 50 engaged by winged nuts 18 which serve to hold the sections in a relatively adjusted position. Lugs 19 are formed transversely of the lower sections and rest on the upper edge of the hopper 10, said lower sections being held substantially rigid with the hopper by means of the clamps 19. Obviously, the

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lugs and clamps cooperate to prevent exteriormovement ofthearms for a purpose that will presently appear.

The extreme upperend of one of the sections 15 is provided with the open frame20 and has attached thereto the hook 21 which isprovided with the directing spout 22 hav- .ing attached thereto the flexible spout 23. Journaled in the frame 20is a short shaft 24 which carries the sprocket 25 which is rotated through the sprocket 26 and the chain 27 from the drive shaft 28 of the pla a i This shaft 24 is further provided with a gear 29 which meshes with the gear 30 upon the shaft 31 "which projects through the hood 21 and is journaled in the openings in the-upperend of the upper sections 15.

1F astto the shaft 31 is a sprocket 32, while fast tothe shaft 14 is a sprocket 33, a chain Bel-being trained. around said sprockets, and carrying detachably thereon the peanut con- The casing 36 substantially surrounds the sprocket 33 and the rear lay of the chain 34 which passes down through the extension 37 of the casing.

Thus as the chain is caused to move in the direction of the arrow, as indicated in Fig.

4, the peanuts are picked up one at a time from the bulk in the hopper 1 0, and are carried to the hood 21 to be dumped into the upper end of the spout 22. As the conveyers 35 are detachably connected to the chain 34, it is apparent that the peanuts may be distributed or planted at varying distances.

Carried upon and rotatable with the shaft 14 are two pairs of arms 88 which act as agi tators to stir the peanuts within the hopper 10 during the rotation of the shaft 14 and the planting operation. 1

With a view toward providing suitable means for taking up the slack in the chain 27 during the adjustment of the sections 15 and 16 which consequently correspondingly adjust the shaft 24, spreader arms 38 are provided. These arms are preferably formed from resilient wire the intermediate portion of which wire is coiled as at 39 and arranged about the outer end of the shaft 24 so that the tension of the arms is such that they normally move away from each other. The outer end of each arm is bent at right angles and constitutes the j ournaling portion 40 and about each journaling portion is mountdirections, thereby taking up the slack when the shaft 24L- is adjusted in a low position or nearer to the dr1ve shaft 28. Of course, when the shaft 1% is moved into a raised position the lays will cause the spring arms to contract.

From the foregoing description, it is evident with a device OftlllS character that the complete attachment can be readily placed within the hopper ofa corn or cotton planter to be operably connected to the drive shaft thereof, and that byreason of the fact that various adjustments are provided for, the chain may be tightened by the adjustment device 18, WllllQ the conveyors .35 may be moved nearerv or farther apart, according to the distance itis desired to drop the peanuts. What I claim as new is a 1.- A peanut planter attachment including a conveyer casing, a directing spout leading from the upper end thereof, shafts j ournaled in the upper and lower ends of the casing and having their respective ends projecting beyond the sides of the casing, sprocket Wheels carried by the shafts and positioned within the casing, a conveyer chain operating about the sprocket wheels and having the rear lay passing through the casing, sectional arms, the upper sections being provided with openings for'journaling the outer ends of the upper shaft, the inner ends of the upper sections being provided with small openings, the upper ends of the lower sections being provided with slots, bolts engaged in the small openings and in the slots, means for engaging thebolts to clamp the sections in relatively adjusted positions, lugs projecting from the outer faces of the lower sections beneath the slats and adapted for engagement with a suitable support, clamps carried by the lower section for cooperating with the lugs in holding the lower sections in position on in 1112MB support, and mean for rotating the upper shaft.

2. A peanut planter attachment including a conveyer casing, a directing spout leading from the upper end thereof, shafts journaled in the upper and lower ends of the casing and having their respective ends projecting beyond the sides of the casing, sprocket wheels carried by the shafts and positioned within the casing, aconveyer chain operatingabout the sprocket wheels, sectional arms,the upper sections of the arms having o ienings therein for journaling and supporting theupper shaft, means for removablyholding the sectionsof the arms in various positions of vertical adjustment, lugs lions and adapted for engagement with a suitable support, clamping ineansfoperably connected to the lower arms for cooperating with the lugs forfacilitatingthe mounting formed on the outer faces of the lower seca of the attachment in a rigid position on a1 supportja frame carried by theupper section of one of thearms, the upper shaft being also ournaledin the franie, a gearcarried by the uppershaft, another shaft journaled inthe frame and projecting outwardly therefron i, a gear carried by the last shaft and meshing withfthe gear on theupper shaft, a sprocket wheel carried by the last shaft, a chain operating about the lit$tine11- tioned sprocket wheel and about a suitable source of power. resilient spreaderarms op- Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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